Little-used Dave Leonhard made his first start since July 18, 1969, and pitched the Orioles to a 4-0 victory over the Royals for his first shutout since May 30, 1968. The righthander had pitched only 10 1/3 innings previously this season. The Orioles backed him with homers by Davey Johnson and Merv Rettenmund. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 4, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Thursday, July      22, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    0  2  2    0  0  0  -   4  9  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             4   0   1   0     1   2   .305      Patek ss              3   0   1   0     1   0   .264
Blair cf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .256      Schaal 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .279
F. Robinson 1b        4   0   0   0     0   0   .302      Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .317
B. Robinson 3b        2   0   1   0     2   0   .292      Hopkins 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .328
Hendricks c           4   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Rojas 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .318
Rettenmund rf         3   2   2   1     1   0   .302      Piniella lf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .268
Johnson 2b            4   2   2   2     0   0   .276      Keough rf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Belanger ss           4   0   1   1     0   1   .279        York p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Leonhard p            4   0   1   0     0   1   .375        Oliver ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .232
                                                            Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          May c                 3   0   1   0     0   0   .242
                                                          Hedlund p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .103
                                                            Kirkpatrick rf      2   0   0   0     0   1   .227

Totals               34   4   9   4     4   5             Totals               31   0   5   0     1   3

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance: 15,615
Left on Base: Orioles 7, Royals 5
DP: Orioles 0, Royals 2
Doubles: Rettenmund (10), Blair (17), Johnson (16), Belanger (16), May (12)
Home Runs: Johnson (9), Rettenmund (8)
Stolen Bases: Patek (34)
Caught Stealing: Rojas (2)
GIDP: Hendricks (7), Johnson (10)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonhard W(2-0)         9     5   0   0   1   3   0  32   0.47
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   3   0  32

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund L(8-6)          5.2   7   4   4   2   1   2  25   2.95
York                    1.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   5   3.02
Abernathy               2     1   0   0   2   2   0   8   1.95
Totals                  9     9   4   4   4   5   2  38

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford flied out to center; Blair grounded out
(shortstop to first); F. Robinson grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal
grounded out (first to pitcher); Otis grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: B. Robinson grounded out (third to first);
Hendricks popped to shortstop; Rettenmund grounded out (pitcher
to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Hopkins was called out on strikes; Rojas singled to
right; Rojas was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Piniella struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Belanger
grounded out (second to first); Leonhard popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Keough popped to third in foul territory; May popped
to shortstop; Hedlund popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Buford singled to right; Blair lined to left; F.
Robinson flied out to center; B. Robinson walked [Buford to
second]; Hendricks grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek singled to center; Schaal grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Patek to second]; Otis popped to first in
foul territory; Hopkins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Rettenmund doubled to center; Johnson homered
[Rettenmund scored]; Belanger flied out to right; Leonhard was
called out on strikes; Buford walked; Blair doubled to right
[Buford to third]; F. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Rojas popped to catcher in foul territory; Piniella
flied out to center; Keough grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: B. Robinson singled to right; Hendricks grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [B. Robinson
out at second]; Rettenmund homered; Johnson doubled to right;
YORK REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); KIRKPATRICK REPLACED HEDLUND
(PLAYING RF); Belanger doubled to left [Johnson scored];
Leonhard grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: May doubled to left; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(second to first) [May to third]; Patek grounded out (shortstop
to first); Schaal flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Buford struck out; Blair struck out; F. Robinson
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Otis singled to right; Hopkins forced Otis (first to
shortstop) [Hopkins to first]; Rojas flied out to left; Piniella
singled to left [Hopkins to second]; OLIVER BATTED FOR YORK;
Oliver forced Piniella (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED OLIVER (PITCHING); B. Robinson
walked; On a bunt Hendricks forced B. Robinson (third to
shortstop) [Hendricks to first]; Rettenmund walked [Hendricks to
second]; Johnson grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Rettenmund out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Kirkpatrick
struck out; Patek walked; Patek stole second; Schaal flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: Belanger struck out; Leonhard singled to center;
Buford struck out; Blair popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Hopkins
flied out to right; Rojas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 0.